New acquisition 2. Maxentius follis

Another acquisition on a whim...need to research it as I am told its a slightly rarer type. Again cleaned up well. Any help appreciated again please? AE 6.0g 24mm

 

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Shprooinnngggg!!

=> wow, that's a super lookin' coin!!

=> yummy-yummy ... I'm lovin' the bird on the septre!!

 

Ummm, YOC => sorry man, but I love dog-piling-in whenever a coin gets posted and I happen to own an example ... so, here goes!!


MAXENTIUS - AE Follis
Wolf + twins, Emperor, Roma and Captive
c307AD
Diameter: 25 mm
Weight: 5.5 grams
Obverse: IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head
Reverse: CONSERV - VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing, head left, within tetrastyle temple with wolf and twins in pediment, Victories as acroteria; holding globe and sceptre and presenting globe to Maxentius, captive seated between
AQ= Aquileia
RIC113 … unknown … LT-DKFQ

 

Nice coin Steve, why is someone licking the guys boot who is shaking hands with the lady holding the apple?

 

=> ahaha ... sorry dude, my bad!!

NOTE: I made an edit to my original post and stuck-in all of the necessary info to answer your questions!!

 

Super coins guys. YOC, your reverse is Roma seated in hexastyle temple, holding globe and sceptre. Some varieties have wreaths and stars in the pediments - yours is blank.

It looks like the letter-puncher had some trouble with this one. It appears that he punched the wrong letter in place of the S in CONSERV, then gouged it out and corrected it. The S in exergue also looks muddy. I don't mean that as a criticism - it's one of those things that make me like a coin even more.

I believe it's Ticinium mint, but I'll defer to the experts, like Doug. I'm away from my books.

 

YOC, it is an excellent coin. Yours is very nice depicting Maxentius in consular robes and being issued in a consular year, with legend ending CONS. It is distinctly scarcer than the usual "temple" type.

 

Thanks JA

... oh, and I hope that your turkey dinner is rockin' it!! (cheers, brother)

 

I recognize that coin you miserable....... I was the underbidder. Seriously, I am glad someone here got it. If it weren't for the flan, I would consider it one of the best late roman bronzes I had ever seen. Good eye, even though I secretly wish you never saw it.

 

Many of these seem to suffer from doublestriking on the reverse. Steve's is exceptionally clear; mine suffers from the offset reverse but the obverse and flan are good. I'm not sure exactly what is going on with the reverse of the OP coin. Particularly curious are the wavy lines in the temple top and the laminated look around the mintmark.


...but nothing is stranger than my coin of Maxentius' son Romulus. I really wish I could explain the why and how it got this way.

 

Doug, thanks for the comments.....I suspected that a doublestrike was the cause of the reverse abnormalities.
Now, how the heck do you get your coins to have such a great black background??? They look so sharp against that backdrop. Any help appreciated...

 

This one is slightly different.

Maxentius
Obv:- M AVR MAXENTIVS NOB CAES, Laureate head right
Rev:- SALVIS AVGG ET CAES FEL KART, Carthage standing facing, head left, holding up fruits in both hands
Struck in Carthage late 306 A.D. H in left field, Greek_Delta in exe.
References:- RIC VI Carthage 51a.

The coin is on a full flan, well centered, with a decent strike and the reverse still holds on to decent detail enhanced by a nice patina.

 

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Nice boldly struck coin and very well centred......Do you believe that to be the original patina?

 

The patina is an even, deep and entirely natural looking brown.

 

oh, ok...it just struck me that the coin surface was quite rough and showed signs of chemical treatment, which IMO would have stripped it back to bare metal, thereby losing the original patina. You obviously have the coin and photos dont show us everything that you are able to see with the coin in hand, so I am sure you are correct.

 

simple answer:
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/coinphoto2011ez3.html
second half of page

The secret of black is not to allow light to fall on the background. Arrange your lights and place something so the background is in deep shadow. This is easier, the farther the coin is from the background. My current rig (changed frequently over the years) places the coin a foot higher than the background so shadowing is easier.

 

Very nice!

 

Careful Doug, you could blow up the neighborhood with that contraption.

 

Ha. My thoughts exactly.